BlackBerry hires Alex Thurber to lead global sales of its devices

BlackBerry has hired Alex Thurber to be its new senior vice president for global device sales. Thurber will take charge of BlackBerry's in-house sales team for its hardware.

BlackBerry has hired Alex Thurber to be its new senior vice president for global device sales. The new hire comes as the company is still dealing with poor sales of its hardware products, including the recent BlackBerry Priv smartphone.